The legendary Terry McDermott is a former professional footballer, who most famously played for Liverpool and Newcastle United. He is considered to be one of Liverpool’s greatest ever midfielders, and throughout his illustrious career he has won three European cups, six league titles, three league cups, and the PFA and FWA Player of the Year 1979-80. He was capped 25 times for England, and has had an extensive coaching career with Newcastle United, Huddersfield Town, and Birmingham City.
Born and raised in Liverpool, McDermott joined Bury as a 16-year-old in 1969. He then worked his way up to the first team and between then and 1973 made a total of 90 appearances, scoring eight goals. He joined Newcastle United in 1972, playing with them until halfway through the 1974-75 season when he signed with Liverpool. He made his debut for the Reds in November, and went on to make 329 appearances and score 89 goals. He helped the Merseyside team win five First Division titles, two League Cups, three European Cups, a UEFA Cup, and a UEFA Super Cup. He was also named PFA Players’ Player of the Year and the FWA Footballer of the Year in 1979-80, and was the European Cup Top Scorer in 1980-81. He returned to Newcastle United in September 1982 where he featured alongside his old Liverpool teammate Kevin Keegan, and helped the side gain promotion back to the top flight in 1984. He joined Cork City in Ireland briefly in January 1985, and then from 1985 to 1987, played for the Cypriot team APOEL, helping them to win the Cypriot Championship and the Cypriot Super Cup. He retired from playing at the end of the 1986-87 season. On the international stage, he earned 25 caps for England, scoring three goals, representing them at the 1980 Euros.
When Kevin Keegan became manager of Newcastle in 1992, he recruited McDermott as his first team coach and so began a new phase of his footballing career. He remained with Newcastle under the next manager, another former Liverpool teammate, Kenny Dalglish, and then left the club in 1998. He then joined Celtic as an assistant in 1999, staying for eight months. He returned to help coach Newcastle in 2005 and stayed until 2008. He then became assistant manager of Huddersfield Town until 2012. In June that year he joined Birmingham City.
McDermott regularly connects with his legions of followers and fans through Twitter, posting pictures and videos about his life around football.
